On Sunday, December 18, Bishop Brian Greene and the Pentecostal Tabernacle Church will present their 2022 Community Service Awards to recently retired Cambridge City Manager Louis DePasquale and our own Senior Minister Dan Smith. Dan’s award recognizes his “leadership and…
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Longfellow House-Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site announces the third annual Harvard Square Holiday Poetry Stroll in partnership with Mass Poetry and the Harvard Square Business Association. From December 10 to January 1, short works by local poets are on view…
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On two Sundays in November 2022, the First Church Christian Formation Committee presented 9:30 sessions about the so-called Doctrine of Discovery and its horrific and ongoing effects upon Indigenous peoples. During the first session, we explored the history surrounding this…
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Dear First Church Community, The Missions & Social Justice Committee has had another eventful year of supporting the work of non-profits both near and far. As we approach the Advent season, we want to share with you a list of…
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Dear First Church, I write with sad and joyous news. I am sad because my last day with you all will be Sunday, December 25; and I am also joyous because I am blessed to have served and been a…
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Please help us make worship as delicious as it is spiritually sustaining! For Coffee Hour each week we are looking for 3 households to bring 3 dozen cookies each, or the equivalent of snacks such as cheese & crackers or…
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In October, over 50 members from First Church (UCC), First Parish (UUA), and Christ Church (Episcopal) joined for one of two six-stop tours of Harvard’s “Landscape of Slavery.” Dan Smith has been working with Harvard Chaplains, especially Alden Fossett and…
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With hundreds of subscribers, and sometimes hundreds of views of our services and sermons, our reach is growing beyond our in-person and livestream attendance! First Church’s YouTube channel is home to lots of meaningful content, including sermons, music, church school…
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Will you help us thread together a montage of video images for our 2023 Stewardship campaign? Our hope is to use our hands to symbolically “lend” items that represent Jesus’s humble, selfless and sacrificial love to others. What you pass…
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Beginning in January 2017, the Cambridge Interfaith Sanctuary Coalition (of which First Church was a founding member) was an active network of volunteers walking alongside a family living in sanctuary at a time of great need. Many First Church members…
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